General Concepts Flashcards

1
Q

What is the difference between AWS public services and private services

A

How they’re accessed on a networking level (there are still IAM permissions that can further restrict access to a given service)

Public services can have endpoints that are publicly accessible from the internet.

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2
Q

VPC = ?

A

Virtal Private Cloud

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2
Q

which AWS Zone do VPC’s operate in?

A

The aws private zone

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3
Q

Can the aws private zone be accessed by the internet?

A

No

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4
Q

What is the AWS Public zone

A

A PRIVATE network within AWS that is connected to the internet.

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5
Q

How many accounts can a VPC span? Same for region?

A

1 and 1 baby!

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6
Q

⭐ How many Default VPCs can you have per regions

A

1 only.

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7
Q

How many custom VPC’s can be configured in a region

A

Many!

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8
Q

Are there any endpoints in a custom VPC that are public by default?

A

no

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9
Q

what is the VPC CIDR of the Default VPC?

A

172.31.0.0/16

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10
Q

How many subnets are configured in a Default VPC

A

one for each AZ

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11
Q

⭐ If an AZ fails and there is an EC2 in it, will that instance fail? (sometimes/always/never)

A

always, they are deployed to a specific subnet (which is isolated to an AZ)

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12
Q

What port is the Remote Desktop Protocol on?

A

3389

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13
Q

What is the max size of an object for an s3 bucket?

A

5TB

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14
Q

How many buckets can be in an aws account?

A

100 (soft limit), you can request increases up to 1000.

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15
Q

when is the ‘Description’ tag in a cloudformation doc mandatory?

A

When the tag ‘AWSTemplateFormatVersion’ is used, and when it is, Description must be the next tag to follow.

16
Q

what can CNAME records point to?

A

Other record names only (no IP)

17
Q

what is the limit for the amount of data that can be stored in an s3 bucket (in TB)

A

Unlimited (TB)!

18
Q

What is a CloudFormation Logical Resource?

A

A resource defined in a CloudFormation Template

19
Q

How many DNS Root servers exist?

A

13

20
Q

how do you export cryptographic keys from aws KMS?

A

you DONT

21
Q

what US compliance standard does KMS achieve?

A

FIPS 140-2 (Level 2)